Bones Kickstarter #2 Discussion

[Heisler]

I hear that Ed uses bricks as a motivational tool.

[unidentifiable]

I hear that Ed uses bricks as a motivational tool.

 

Use of bricks on employees is not covered by Unidentifiable's Theory of Business. You're thinking of Jobs' Motivational Theorem, which holds up well, but causes cancer.

[daveismyhero]

I need to circle back and see what the next stretch goal is. Very happy with the bases, though.

 

I wish that once you hit a certain KS threshold*, you could "unlock" three comment threads over at Kickstarter:

1. Discussing the Kickstarter progress, ideas, and stretch goals.

2. Discussing the shipping (because shipping seems to be an issue with every KS)

3. General absolutely-nothing-to-do-with-the-Kickstarter-more-of-a-casual-I-am-bored-and-waiting-for-the-next-update kind of comment thread.

 

*Maybe X backers or once you hit X comments my options would become available.

 

I'll beg if that will help.

[onyxGuenhwyvar]

I need to circle back and see what the next stretch goal is. Very happy with the bases, though.

 

 

Next goal is the final section of Core Expansion 1 at 1.687m

[smokingwreckage]

Unidentifiable, you're looking for metaphysical truth in business theory, whereas I am content to work within the bounds of a neo-Darwinist appeal to natural selection. Admittedly this does not produce reliably logically true statements, but it does provide acceptable guidance as to survivable business practice. Given the uncertainties of business theory, conflicting approaches to quantifying and qualifying business goals, and the generally accepted imperative of survival in business, I'm going to roll with that.

[daveismyhero]

 

I need to circle back and see what the next stretch goal is. Very happy with the bases, though.

 

 

Next goal is the final section of Core Expansion 1 at 1.687m

 

Thanks!

[Teskal]

 

 

 

One Point I really like about this KS, is how Reaper used the Early Birds.

 

And I want something like that:

In a way, chinese/asian dragons are pretty close to Verocithrax.

 

Just with shorter legs and less wings.

 

 

Also more hair.

 

 

I would love to see a good Asian dragon sculpt, but most of the ones (that I know about) that are currently available don't really do it for me. Who knows, maybe there is a Reaper sculptor busily working away at a new one right now.

 

 

The problem with Asian dragons is that to do them justice they would be un-castable unless you cut them into many pieces. Serpentine loops going out of plane create mold lock, which is likely why there really are no great Oriental dragon sculpts, because the sulptors are always limited by the medium. Just a thought.

 

 

 

I really tried to see in Veri... Gesundheit, a Oriental Dragon. Removed in my thoughts the wings...

But I can't, there as no beauty or noble in him like in a chinese dragon.

 

And yes, the Oriental Dragon need to be a multipart model!

[smokingwreckage]

I'm pretty sure that "Narrowest possible margin of survival is less survivable than largest possible margin of survival" is, in fact, logically true. If we accept that Reaper prefers survival to non-survival, my original statement is correct.

 

 

Moreover, I hope you don't reject advice from your doctor on the basis that he hasn't proven his position via formal logic.

[Qwyksilver]

I'm surprised no one has floated thoughts of a lycanthrope for the before/after minis...that was my first thought.

[Reaperbryan]

I'm not sure I'm following the argument here. Is our desire to make profits, which 100% of our profits are reinvested into infrastructure or applied as bonuses to our workers, a bad thing?

[SamuraiJack]

Given how they handled Kally's tail, I would think an asian dragon with the looping tail wouldn't be as difficult..

[Last Knight]

I'm surprised no one has floated thoughts of a lycanthrope for the before/after minis...that was my first thought.

They have.

[ArthurDent]

Oooooh, that would be nice.

 

A were-octopus.

[unidentifiable]

Moreover, I hope you don't reject advice from your doctor on the basis that he hasn't proven his position via formal logic.

 

They usually have years of science backing them up. "Take this pill" usually means "There's some people who have proven this pill to be able to kill the thing in you". But most of the time i'll get a second opinion.

 

 

I'm pretty sure that "Narrowest possible margin of survival is less survivable than largest possible margin of survival" is, in fact, logically true. If we accept that Reaper prefers survival to non-survival, my original statement is correct.

 

Your statement is correct, but irrelevant. You stated earlier you're neo-Darwinist so who cares if a mutation is more or less "survivable" than some other mutation? The fact is that it's surviving. If it reproduces, then hurray! (also it's now useless).

 

Selection doesn't require that any particular model be better, only that it make more of itself.

 

 

I'm not sure I'm following the argument here. Is our desire to make profits, which 100% of our profits are reinvested into infrastructure or applied as bonuses to our workers, a bad thing?

 

I'm pretty sure we're now so far off topic, to the point at which we're analogously defining business models as animals, that we can only say that whatever you're doing, it's not hitting your customers with bricks.

[Bane Of Humanity]

No orange goal :(